This week, I'm leading the Mobility Metro this week in Cincinnati. During one of the labs, I had the opportunity to start looking at querying the GPS on my BlackJack II . And then this evening, I had time to dig in more. This is very cool stuff. Here...

I know that I just posted on my new Windows Mobile 6 device, but I had been using it for a few months. Another reason that I was glad about choosing the Blackjack was that a WM6.1 upgrade is supposed to happen for this device (and others carriers will...

Last year, John and I ran across a new company that had moved to town (thanks Diana for the intro). Several things caught my attention about them. First, they were hard at work with .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 Beta, and second, their business model of "reverse...

For years, Linux has been formidable competitor to Windows - for some good reasons, but sometimes from folks who speak out of un-education (typically religious positions). In years past, I've pointed out resources to clarify this (from my first blog pushing...

In my opinion, if I was going to choose one technical event to attend in any year, my first choice will always be the PDC. It was my first big Microsoft event that I attended back in the mid-90's. That's where I became aware of DCOM and ASP, before they...

I was reading through the latest issue of Redmond Developer News . I most like this magazine as I can get a quick view of Microsoft development from a industry perspective, although sometimes I disagree with a few points here and there. In this issue...

It's a small thing - but I like it. In years past, I'd get a URL in an email and it might be split up in some way. However, IE8 handles this. Highlight the following:
http://bl ogs.msdn. com/jonbox
Copy & paste into the address bar. It just...

There are some questions that I get occasionally and I have to go look them up. In an effort to cut down this look up time, I wanted to record this link . What kinds of questions am I talking about? What version of VS targeted which platform? ...

I've carried Windows Mobile devices for a long time now. When I started at Microsoft back in 2006, I was able to get a Treo (officially known as a Palm Treo 700w) with Verizon. Enjoyed the coverage of Verizon and the Windows Mobile 5 on the Treo. It was...

On the IE Blog , they announced a slight change with the META Tag. I've included an excerpt here: In IE8 Beta 1, that option is the “IE=7” X-UA-Compatible tag, which instructs IE8 to display content in IE7 Standards mode. However, the scenario...

As you may have seen a year ago, Microsoft released .NET StockTrader 1.0 to show how .NET 3.0 could work in the context of the IBM WebSphere's Trade 6.1 reference application. We've now upgraded ours to reflect the enhancements in .NET 3.5 and Windows...

Small update from yesterday's post - a screen shot to show Speed (knots I think) and Heading (360 degree based, Zero is north). This lat/long is at MaxTrain . Last night's post was done from my hotel. Interestingly, I'm am a little higher here than at...

Well, although not what you might interpret by the blog post title, the below picture accurately shows how Microsoft provided another day of life to this Blackberry. It's just a joke, sort of! Yesterday, I was at the Memphis community launch event sitting...

I've heard folks talk about using Internet Connection Sharing with Windows Mobile. This on-device application allows a device to act as a modem for the laptop.
While this sounds like a must-have for tethering users, so far I haven't needed it for my...

Everyone needs a dose of Wally , and he's put together CodeStock . It will probably be the biggest technical event in Knoxville that has ever happened!!!! Better register soon for the AUG 9th extravaganza. He's got quite a speaker list , and for only...

We have a great emulator story. You can test your application on a virtual device that is running the real O/S binaries. The story improved with Visual Studio 2008, due to the release of Device Emulator 3.0 (as part of the Windows Mobile 6 SDK's ). A...

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This past week, I was teaching the mobility lab in St. Louis with Denny (Architect Evangelist) and Loke (Windows Mobile team). On the first day, we spent part of the time talking about existing momentum and products. One of the applications that we talked...

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